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He slept in cars, found notoriety on social media and could be pop’s next superstar. The singer of Ordinary, the longest-running No 1 of the year, talks about his journey to breakout successAt 18, Alex Warren was homeless, sneaking into the gym of a gated community in his home town of Carlsbad, California, to shower for job interviews and film TikTok videos of himself singing in the bathroom. Six years later he is one...
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies have unsettled the venture capital world, further darkening an already gloomy outlook for IPOs.
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Hyperinflation is one of the most severe economic crises a country can face. It occurs when inflation spirals out of control, causing the…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 22, 2025 | Source:Bluesky’s new verification process launches today. It mixes the old-school, Twitter-style blue check bestowed by the platform with a more decentralized option for trusted organizations.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Architecture often assumes a binary between built projects and theoretical ones. What physics allows in actual buildings, after all, is vastly different from what architects can imagine and design (often referred to as “paper architecture”). That imagination has long been supported and enabled by design technology, but the latest advancements in artificial intelligence have prompted…
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:More people are switching to deals with greater flexibility and value, and there are a growing number of providersPeople are rejecting mobile “bundles” that include a new phone and data contract, and are increasingly turning to sim-only deals that offer better value for money.A growing number of consumers are not getting a new phone when they change their mobile contract and are instead holding on to their existing...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:A lawsuit to hold Yahoo responsible for “willfully turning a blind eye” to the mismanagement of a human rights fund for Chinese dissidents was settled for $5.425 million last week, after an eight-year court battle. At least $3 million will go toward a new fund; settlement documents say it will “provide humanitarian assistance to persons…
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:In satellite images, the 20-odd coral atolls of the Maldives look something like skeletal remains or chalk lines at a crime scene. But these landforms, which circle the peaks of a mountain range that has vanished under the Indian Ocean, are far from inert. They’re the products of living processes—places where coral has grown toward…
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:This year has been rough for climate technology: Companies have canceled, downsized, or shut down at least 16 large-scale projects worth $8 billion in total in the first quarter of 2025, according to a new report. That’s far more cancellations than have typically occurred in recent years, according to a new report from E2, a…
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:New rules would allow flights beyond visual line of sight limit, enabling remote prescription deliveries as well as offshore inspectionsDrones could be used for NHS-related missions in remote areas, inspecting offshore wind turbines and supplying oil rigs by 2026 as part of a new regulatory regime in the UK.David Willetts, the head of a new government unit helping to deploy new technologies in Britain, said there were...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Whether you’re eating out or settling up households costs, here are ways to make it as fair and painless as possibleIncome disparity in friendships can sometimes lead to conflict. A study published last year by a US financial services company, Bread Financial, found 26% of people felt they were “financially incompatible” with their friends, while 21% said they had lost a friendship because of money. Continue reading......
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Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:China’s leaders see artificial intelligence as key to upgrading military strength, solving problems created by a shrinking workforce, and a source of national prideOn a misty Saturday afternoon in Shenzhen’s Central Park, a gaggle of teenage girls are sheltering from the drizzle under a concrete canopy. With their bags of crisps piled high in front of them, they crowd around a couple of smartphones to sing along to...
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Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:By Karim A. Pitti A. Senior Consultant (25+ years) in processes, technology, and innovation. I transform operations with bold strategies…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Chillchat Games airdrops are basically free tokens handed out by emerging or current blockchain projects to showcase their initiatives or…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:The navigation app might be built for function – but dig deeper and you’ll find a trove of inside jokes, neighbourhood quirks and charming errors• Read more in the Internet wormhole seriesThere is a certain kind of guy who looks at Google Maps for fun. I am that guy. As a kid I went through a cartography phase, drawing elaborate maps of fictional islands and poring over the family street directory in an effort to...
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Videos tagged #ElectronicMusic attracted more than 13bn views worldwide last year, an increase of 45% on 2023It is another example of the parallel worlds in the music industry. The Gallagher brothers may be taking over the world’s stadiums this summer, but over on TikTok users are moving to a different beat.Views of posts using electronic music as a soundtrack, including techno and house, outgrew those tagged for indie...
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Dame Rachel de Souza says parents should look to their own smartphone use and not try to be their children’s friendParents should be prepared to make difficult decisions over their child’s smartphone usage rather than trying to be their friend, the children’s commissioner for England has said.Dame Rachel de Souza said this should include parents considering the example they are setting their children through their own...
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at technology conference Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years agoTo walk into the lion’s den once might be considered foolhardy. To do so again after being mauled by the lion? It’s what … ill-advised? Reckless? Suicidal? Six years ago I gave a talk at Ted, the...
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Google intelligence report finds UK is a particular target of IT worker ploy that sends wages to Kim Jong Un’s stateBritish companies are being urged to carry out job interviews for IT workers on video or in person to head off the threat of giving jobs to fake North Korean employees.The warning was made after analysts said that the UK had become a prime target for hoax IT workers deployed by the Democratic People’s...
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Getting Started: Excited to grab your GRVT Airdrop through DappRadar? You’re in the right place. Airdrops are gaining immense popularity…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Ever feel like you need a full team of experts just to keep up with today’s rapid-fire business demands? Imagine if you could have a…Continue reading on Medium »
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Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:A lot of people have reached out to me for coffee chats to ask about my experience as a TD co-op at Disney, so I decided to share it here…Continue reading on Medium »
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Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Only four of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Only four of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:When an AI model for code-editing company Cursor hallucinated a new rule, users revolted.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Recent research suggests our brain power is in decline. Is offloading our cognitive work to AI driving this trend?Imagine for a moment you are a child in 1941, sitting the common entrance exam for public schools with nothing but a pencil and paper. You read the following: “Write, for no more than a quarter of an hour, about a British author.”Today, most of us wouldn’t need 15 minutes to ponder such a question. We’d get...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:iPhones and Google Maps are out – and you can keep your existing friends from across the pond, but don’t go making any new onesI really wish I had a Tesla. Ideally it would be a Cybertruck but any Tesla would do. Then I could plaster it with those “I bought this before Elon went mad” stickers, shamefacedly sell it at a loss and write a performative social media post about no longer being able to stomach the guilt of...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Statistics can help assess a potential recruit’s emotional control and leadership, while highlighting red flags“The players didn’t show enough fight.” Listen to any pundit’s post-match reaction and you will hear variations of that soundbite. But can you analyse an athlete’s state of mind, based on their on-pitch body language?In an era when football is increasingly leaning on data to demonstrate physical attributes,...
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:What started as an epic duel between Anthropic AI and OpenAI has turned into a technological battle.Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:The Trump administration and DOGE tried to cut more than 1,400 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. An employee union and other groups are fighting to keep the regulator intact.
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